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Briefly: U2, Cypress Hill's Smoke Out, Mary J. Blige, Barenaked Ladies, Blaque And Fatone, Sneaker Pimps
On Tuesday (8/8), U2 's Bono and Larry Mullen introduced U2.com via a video on the website.
Cypress Hill 's annual Smoke Out concert is scheduled for Oct. 7 in San Bernardino, Calif. Acts include Cypress Hill, 311, Redman, Gang Starr and Dilated Peoples.
Mtv.com reported that Mary J. Blige attended a St. Louis protest against a recent incident in which white police officers shot two unarmed black men during drug arrests.
Barenaked Ladies will soon have downloadable answering machine messages on their website, Webnoize reported.
Blaque and 'N Sync's Joey Fatone have collaborated on "As Is," a song on the forthcoming "Bring It On" soundtrack.
The Sneaker Pimps have split from their label One Little Indian, also home to Bjork.
There is a digital music site that shall remain nameless that will pay $5,000 to 10 parents or couples that give their child the name of the site. Like, let's say that the company's name is Scum.com: the family would have to name the child Scum, then submit a birth certificate proving that the child's name is legally Scum. People suck.